Python Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Python
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 53 16
Rank change year-on-year +22 -37 -2
Permanent jobs citing Python 303 188 381
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.97% 4.96% 8.57%
As % of the Programming Languages category 28.11% 31.92% 29.20%
Number of salaries quoted 215 89 161
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,003 £39,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £43,911
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,750 £93,750
South East median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.70% - -4.17%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

Python falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,078 589 1,305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.14% 15.55% 29.37%
Number of salaries quoted 848 376 735
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,250 £37,050
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £83,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,252
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.23% -2.17%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Python relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Python job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Python
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 16 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Oxfordshire +15 152 £63,750 -1.92% 31
Berkshire +9 106 £60,000 +26.26% 26
Buckinghamshire -8 45 £53,750 -7.73% 9
Python
South East

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (2.31%) Confluence
1 7 (2.31%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.32%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.32%) Palantir Foundry
2 4 (1.32%) SAS
3 2 (0.66%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.33%) Jupyter
Applications
1 11 (3.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.31%) Lightworks
3 5 (1.65%) Mathematica
3 5 (1.65%) Simulink
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.33%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.33%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.33%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 6 (1.98%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 111 (36.63%) AWS
2 100 (33.00%) Azure
3 34 (11.22%) Power Platform
4 30 (9.90%) Azure Sentinel
4 30 (9.90%) GitHub
5 21 (6.93%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (5.94%) GCP
7 15 (4.95%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (4.62%) Amazon EKS
8 14 (4.62%) Cloudflare
9 13 (4.29%) Azure Logic Apps
9 13 (4.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 13 (4.29%) GitHub Actions
10 12 (3.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 12 (3.96%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (3.63%) Entra ID
11 11 (3.63%) Serverless
12 10 (3.30%) Amazon ECS
13 9 (2.97%) Azure AI
13 9 (2.97%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (9.57%) DNS
2 27 (8.91%) Firewall
3 17 (5.61%) VPN
4 14 (4.62%) TCP/IP
5 10 (3.30%) Wireless
6 9 (2.97%) DHCP
6 9 (2.97%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (2.64%) SSL
8 7 (2.31%) MQTT
8 7 (2.31%) VLAN
9 6 (1.98%) Ethernet
9 6 (1.98%) HTTP
10 2 (0.66%) IPv4
10 2 (0.66%) IPv6
10 2 (0.66%) SNMP
10 2 (0.66%) Software-Defined Radio
10 2 (0.66%) WireGuard
11 1 (0.33%) DNSSEC
11 1 (0.33%) Modbus
11 1 (0.33%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (10.56%) Power BI
2 30 (9.90%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (5.94%) Relational Database
4 15 (4.95%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (4.95%) Metadata
4 15 (4.95%) NoSQL
5 14 (4.62%) SQL Server
6 11 (3.63%) MongoDB
6 11 (3.63%) Star Schema
7 9 (2.97%) Amazon QuickSight
7 9 (2.97%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (2.97%) DynamoDB
7 9 (2.97%) Snowflake Schema
7 9 (2.97%) Tableau
8 8 (2.64%) MySQL
9 6 (1.98%) RDBMS
10 5 (1.65%) Airbyte
11 4 (1.32%) Redis
12 3 (0.99%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.99%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 42 (13.86%) Git
2 13 (4.29%) GitLab
3 12 (3.96%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.97%) JIRA
5 8 (2.64%) JMeter
5 8 (2.64%) JUnit
5 8 (2.64%) LabVIEW
6 7 (2.31%) Mockito
7 4 (1.32%) PetaLinux
8 3 (0.99%) MLflow
8 3 (0.99%) Mocha
8 3 (0.99%) Selenium
9 2 (0.66%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.66%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.66%) Eclipse RCP
10 1 (0.33%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.33%) git-flow
10 1 (0.33%) PyCharm
10 1 (0.33%) Storybook
10 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 96 (31.68%) Social Skills
2 42 (13.86%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (9.90%) Finance
3 30 (9.90%) Manufacturing
4 22 (7.26%) Aerospace
5 17 (5.61%) Retail
6 14 (4.62%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (3.96%) Electronics
8 9 (2.97%) Automotive
8 9 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.97%) Public Sector
9 7 (2.31%) Health Technology
10 5 (1.65%) Legal
10 5 (1.65%) Marketing
11 4 (1.32%) Banking
12 3 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.99%) Mandarin Language
13 2 (0.66%) Aviation
13 2 (0.66%) Law
13 2 (0.66%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 84 (27.72%) Software Engineer
2 70 (23.10%) Python Engineer
3 68 (22.44%) Senior
4 56 (18.48%) Python Software Engineer
5 42 (13.86%) C++ Software Engineer
6 28 (9.24%) Analyst
6 28 (9.24%) C# Software Engineer
7 26 (8.58%) AWS Engineer
8 25 (8.25%) AWS Software Engineer
9 24 (7.92%) Data Engineer
10 20 (6.60%) Java Engineer
11 19 (6.27%) Developer
12 16 (5.28%) Network Engineer
12 16 (5.28%) Security Analyst
13 15 (4.95%) Cloud Engineer
13 15 (4.95%) Systems Engineer
14 12 (3.96%) Lead
15 11 (3.63%) Azure Engineer
15 11 (3.63%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 11 (3.63%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (11.55%) React
2 20 (6.60%) Terraform
3 16 (5.28%) Django
4 15 (4.95%) JSON
4 15 (4.95%) REST
5 13 (4.29%) PySpark
6 12 (3.96%) Node.js
6 12 (3.96%) XML
7 11 (3.63%) HTML
7 11 (3.63%) Vue
8 10 (3.30%) Spring Boot
9 9 (2.97%) Spring
10 8 (2.64%) FastAPI
10 8 (2.64%) Hibernate
11 7 (2.31%) .NET
11 7 (2.31%) ActiveMQ
11 7 (2.31%) Apache Camel
11 7 (2.31%) jQuery
11 7 (2.31%) RESTful
11 7 (2.31%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.58%) Distributed Computing
2 16 (5.28%) Legacy Systems
2 16 (5.28%) Product Ownership
2 16 (5.28%) Security Operations Centre
2 16 (5.28%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (4.62%) Cloud Native
3 14 (4.62%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (3.96%) Algorithms
5 10 (3.30%) Embedded Systems
5 10 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (3.30%) Robotics
6 9 (2.97%) IoT
6 9 (2.97%) Linux Command Line
7 8 (2.64%) Cyber Defence
7 8 (2.64%) Fibre Optics
7 8 (2.64%) PKI
8 7 (2.31%) Synthetic Data
9 6 (1.98%) CCTV
9 6 (1.98%) CSOC
9 6 (1.98%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 70 (23.10%) Linux
2 36 (11.88%) Windows
3 8 (2.64%) Debian
4 4 (1.32%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (0.99%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (0.99%) Gentoo
5 3 (0.99%) Robot Operating System
5 3 (0.99%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.33%) macOS
6 1 (0.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (34.98%) Software Engineering
2 89 (29.37%) AI
3 88 (29.04%) Problem-Solving
4 84 (27.72%) CI/CD
5 65 (21.45%) Agile
6 51 (16.83%) DevOps
7 50 (16.50%) Analytics
8 46 (15.18%) Machine Learning
9 44 (14.52%) Business Intelligence
10 41 (13.53%) Data Modelling
11 36 (11.88%) Computer Science
12 35 (11.55%) Continuous Improvement
13 33 (10.89%) Full-Stack Development
14 32 (10.56%) Mentoring
14 32 (10.56%) SIEM
15 31 (10.23%) Data Engineering
16 29 (9.57%) ETL
17 28 (9.24%) Finite Element Analysis
17 28 (9.24%) Stakeholder Management
17 28 (9.24%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 79 (26.07%) C++
2 75 (24.75%) SQL
3 59 (19.47%) C#
4 46 (15.18%) JavaScript
5 44 (14.52%) PowerShell
6 41 (13.53%) Java
7 37 (12.21%) TypeScript
8 33 (10.89%) Bash
9 19 (6.27%) MATLAB
10 15 (4.95%) Go
11 14 (4.62%) C
12 11 (3.63%) Kusto Query Language
12 11 (3.63%) Rust
13 10 (3.30%) Shell Script
14 5 (1.65%) Apex Code
15 4 (1.32%) R
15 4 (1.32%) Ruby
16 3 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 2 (0.66%) SystemVerilog
18 1 (0.33%) Julia
Qualifications
1 84 (27.72%) Degree
2 42 (13.86%) Security Cleared
3 41 (13.53%) Computer Science Degree
4 39 (12.87%) SC Cleared
5 33 (10.89%) Master's Degree
6 26 (8.58%) PhD
7 14 (4.62%) CISSP
7 14 (4.62%) CompTIA Security+
8 10 (3.30%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.98%) CompTIA CySA+
9 6 (1.98%) GCIA
9 6 (1.98%) GIAC
9 6 (1.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (1.65%) CCNA CyberOps
10 5 (1.65%) CEH
10 5 (1.65%) SANS
11 3 (0.99%) ACCA
11 3 (0.99%) CIMA
11 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (11.55%) Data Quality
2 15 (4.95%) GDPR
3 13 (4.29%) QA
4 9 (2.97%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 8 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.65%) ECSS
7 5 (1.65%) NIST
8 4 (1.32%) Accessibility
8 4 (1.32%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.99%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.66%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.33%) IASME
11 1 (0.33%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 41 (13.53%) Docker
2 18 (5.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (5.61%) Hyper-V
4 14 (4.62%) Active Directory
5 10 (3.30%) KVM
6 6 (1.98%) vSphere
7 3 (0.99%) Firmware
8 2 (0.66%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.66%) iptables
9 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.33%) zsh
Systems Management
1 40 (13.20%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.95%) Graylog
3 12 (3.96%) Grafana
4 11 (3.63%) Prometheus
5 8 (2.64%) Kibana
5 8 (2.64%) Proxmox
5 8 (2.64%) ZABBIX
6 6 (1.98%) Ansible
7 5 (1.65%) Argo
7 5 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (1.32%) Podman
9 3 (0.99%) Kustomize
9 3 (0.99%) Nagios
10 2 (0.66%) Istio
11 1 (0.33%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.33%) WMI
Vendors
1 67 (22.11%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.94%) VMware
3 12 (3.96%) Databricks
4 11 (3.63%) CrowdStrike
5 10 (3.30%) Splunk
5 10 (3.30%) Thales
6 9 (2.97%) Informatica
6 9 (2.97%) Talend
7 8 (2.64%) Darktrace
7 8 (2.64%) Dynatrace
7 8 (2.64%) Veeam
8 6 (1.98%) New Relic
8 6 (1.98%) Xilinx
9 5 (1.65%) Cisco
9 5 (1.65%) Fortinet
9 5 (1.65%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.32%) Foundry
10 4 (1.32%) IBM
10 4 (1.32%) Palantir
11 3 (0.99%) Red Hat